Is it a sign of our Consumed to Thrifty times, food swaps are in vogue at least in Vancouver according to I made chowder, you made pickles. Let’s trade (Globe and Mail, December 8) by Wendy Leung.
Feels like a twist on the pot luck dinner.
I guess it makes sense when you cook something like a risotto or a stew or even in the winter a large pot of soup which you might not want to eat 3 days in a row.
The Globe and Mail notes advantages to the practice:
"The concept also encourages participants to try new dishes, challenging their palates and culinary skills, food swappers say.
Andrea Potter, head chef at Vancouver's Radha Yoga & Eatery, started food swapping with a friend a couple years ago when she found herself tackling various culinary experiments."
One of the participants in this experiment is Cari Snell:
"A mother of two in North Vancouver, exchanges entire meals with a friend on a twice-weekly basis.
“My Monday nights are crazy and her Thursday nights are crazy. So we thought, ‘I'll double-cook on Thursday night and give it to you and you can double-cook on Monday nights and deliver it to me,'” she said."
Cari Snell writes 2 food blogs Can I get the recipe and Dinner Vibe so the food swap is her recipe lab in a way.
If I was to join the swap wave, my crepes and roasted garlic are popular.
See an example above of what's served at Radha Eatery (above), they do vegan and raw foods it seems.
Found out about the Food Swapping thanks to Marketplace this morning.
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